Spider - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈspaɪdər|  American pronunciation of the word spider
Brit.  |ˈspaɪdə|  British pronunciation of the word spider

noun

- predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
- a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine (syn: wanderer)
- a skillet made of cast iron

Extra examples

We watched the spider spin its web.

...threads branched from the center of the spider web...

It's just a spider, you chicken!

...the unwary bug was snared in the sticky threads of the spider's web...

She crouched down, trying to get a closer look at the spider.

This species of spider is extremely poisonous.

The spider was spinning its web.

The spider ejaculates several threads.

The spider must wait for prey to be ensnared on its web.

Nothing is more fragile and insubstantial than a spider's web.

There was this great big (=extremely big) spider in the sink.

Many people recoil with horror when they see a big spider like this.

There's a monster of a spider in the bath!

A spider's web can stretch considerably without weakening.

The spider's bite can cause pain and swelling.

Word forms

noun
singular: spider
plural: spiders
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